associate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To connect one thing with another in your mind.

   Most people associate this song with the summer of that year.

2. 2
   verb

   To spend time with a particular group of people.

   He is known to associate with criminals.

3. 3
   noun

   A person you work with or do business with.

   I had to consult with my associate before continuing.

4. 4
   adj

   Having a lower or partial level of status or membership.

   He is only an associate member of the club.

From Middle English associat(e) (used participially as well as adjectively up to Early Modern English), from Latin associātus, the perfect passive participle of associō (“to join, unite”), from ad- + sociō, from socius (“shared, common, kindred”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix).

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